Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Born: December 9, 1916
Died: February 5, 2020
in Amsterdam, New York, USA
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director and author. He grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the United States Navy during World War II.

During his career, Douglas appeared in more than 90 movies and was known for his explosive acting style. He became an international star for his leading role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other early films include Young Man with a Horn (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Detective Story (1951), a film for which he received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor in a Drama. He received a second Oscar nomination for his role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), which landed him a second Golden Globe nomination.

In 1955, Douglas established Bryna Productions, which produced films as varied as Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). He took the lead roles in both films. Douglas has been praised for helping to break the Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write Spartacus with an official on-screen credit. In 1963 Douglas starred in the Broadway play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a story that he purchased and later gave to his son Michael Douglas, who turned it into an Oscar-winning film.

As an actor and philanthropist, Douglas received an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As an author, he wrote ten novels and memoirs. He is No. 17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.

Kirk Douglas died at age 103.

Movies for Kirk Douglas...

Kubrick by Kubrick
Title: Kubrick by Kubrick
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 22, 2020
Type: Movie
A rare and transcendent journey into the life and films of the legendary Stanley Kubrick like we've never seen before, featuring a treasure trove of unearthed interview recordings from the master himself.
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Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Title: Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Character: Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Released: November 5, 2019
Type: Movie
Documentary about famous painter Vincent van Gogh.
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Mike Wallace Is Here
Title: Mike Wallace Is Here
Character: (archive footage)
Released: July 26, 2019
Type: Movie
For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively on archival footage, the film interrogates the interrogator, tracking Wallace's storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point.
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Title: Basketball: A Love Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: TV
'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures and explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game.
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If You're Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast
Title: If You're Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast
Character: Self
Released: June 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Irrepressible writer-comedian Carl Reiner, who shows no signs of slowing down at 94, tracks down celebrated nonagenarians, and a few others over 100, to show how the twilight years can truly be the happiest and most rewarding. Among those who share their insights into what it takes to be vital and productive in older age are Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Kirk Douglas, Norman Lear, Betty White and Tony Bennett.
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The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Title: The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Character: Self - Actor
Released: June 1, 2017
Type: Movie
The story of actor Kirk Douglas, the man and the legend, one of the last stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. An epic journey through the 20th century and the entire history of Hollywood. A testimony of the huge scope of his life and the scale of the myth. The untameable Kirk Douglas, the ragman's son.
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I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
Title: I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: October 6, 2015
Type: Movie
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Hollywood au pied du terril
Title: Hollywood au pied du terril
Character: Himself
Released: December 31, 2014
Type: Movie
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Title: Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Character: Self
Released: November 30, 2012
Type: Movie
Spielberg, Soderbergh, Stone, Friedkin, Scorsese and others tell how Kubrick's directorial style influenced them and how his unique style was developed.
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Title: Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character: (archive footage)
Released: February 4, 2012
Type: Movie
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Title: Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Character: Self – Interviewee
Released: May 5, 2010
Type: Movie
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.
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Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Title: Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Character: Himself
Released: November 24, 2009
Type: Movie
Kirk Douglas recounts his remarkable life in a celebrated one-man theater performance augmented with rare film highlights. He shares memories of family, marriages, other Hollywood greats, breaking the blacklist and his life-altering stroke – all with honesty and humor.
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Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Title: Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 2008
Type: Movie
The life and career of the renowned voice actor of animation and radio. For generations, Mel Blanc was one of the most famous Hollywood voice actors with his myriad of voices for classic animated characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and scores of others. However, animation was only one of the fields where Blanc shone through in his long career. This film covers the life of this amazingly talented and big hearted actor, comedian and musician as he became one of the performing greats from the golden ages of American animation and radio through to the 1980s.
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Empire State Building Murders
Title: Empire State Building Murders
Character: Jim Kovalski
Released: August 14, 2008
Type: Movie
A tribute and doc-crime-drama celebrating American film noir and the icons of the Hollywood golden age. It recaptures the time and place of New York in the 30's and 40s as well as plays with the codes and references of the genre.
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Trumbo
Title: Trumbo
Character: Self / Interviewee
Released: September 10, 2007
Type: Movie
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico with his family, to poverty, to the public shunning of his children, to his writing under others' names, and to an eventual but incomplete vindication. Actors read his letters; his children and friends remember and comment. Archive photos, newsreels and interviews add texture. Written by
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A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Title: A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Character: Himself
Released: September 2, 2005
Type: Movie
Kirk Douglas achieved the kind of cinematic stardom that dreams are made of. As the torch was passed to his talented son Michael, it became obvious to everyone that the Douglas dynasty would continue to thrive…
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Illusion
Title: Illusion
Character: Donald Baines
Released: October 25, 2004
Type: Movie
A once-powerful, but now ailing movie director nears the end of his life. As he awaits death, he slips into a "dream" and is shown three "snippets" of the movie of his son's life. At first suspicious, then curious, and ultimately captivated, he watches his son's growth from mid-teens to mid-thirties as the son pursues his life-long love, Isabelle. The two constants through these snippets are his pursuit of Isabelle and the imagined voice of his father, telling him that he is worthless and unwanted. It is not until the story reaches its conclusion, that the old man discovers the surprising truth about his son and himself.
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The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
Title: The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
Released: October 31, 2003
Type: Movie
Over one hour of black-and-white location footage and interviews with the stars and director, all staged outdoors in manifestly frigid conditions. Mann talks about his filmmaking philosophy and the challenges of shooting in such rugged locations, and shares his insights on the Douglas-Harris feud.
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It Runs in the Family
Title: It Runs in the Family
Character: Mitchell Gromberg
Released: April 25, 2003
Type: Movie
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
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Title: Real Time with Bill Maher
Character: Himself
Released: February 21, 2003
Type: TV
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
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Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Title: Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A rare behind the scenes look at the tragedies and bitter disappointments that plagued one of MGM's most popular leading ladies
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FBI contre Hollywood
Title: FBI contre Hollywood
Character: Himself
Released: August 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Based on information from FBI cases, this documentary investigates the dark years of American cinema and attempts to discover the mechanisms leading to one of the most diabolical periods in US history.
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Diamonds
Title: Diamonds
Character: Harry Agensky
Released: December 10, 1999
Type: Movie
Mystery about an ex-prizefighter who embarks on a journey to find 13 missing diamonds
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Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Title: Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Character: General Kalthrob
Released: September 7, 1999
Type: Movie
In "All Through the Night," perhaps the single most famous story from the original comic book series, a psychotic killer dressed as Santa escapes Christmas Eve and terrorizes a middle-class home where murder has already made a holiday appearance: a homicidal wife plunges a fireplace poker into her husband's skull. (It was also adapted in the 1972 British anthology movie Tales from the Crypt). Kirk Douglas stars as a blood-and-thunder World War I general who discovers his son is a coward in the grim "Yellow," the most dramatically acute of the trio. Digital magic morphs Humphrey Bogart into "You, Murderer," a high-concept, rather gimmicky tale of murder, double crosses, and poetic justice as seen through a dead man's eyes. Isabella Rossellini (daughter of Bogie's Casablanca costar Ingrid Bergman) and John Lithgow costar as plotting lovers.
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Completely Cuckoo
Title: Completely Cuckoo
Character: Himself
Released: December 16, 1997
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes interviews for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Title: Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 12, 1997
Type: Movie
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.
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Title: Scene by Scene
Character: Self
Released: May 10, 1997
Type: TV
Mark Cousins invites film actors and directors to watch major scenes in their career to date, and to talk us through them.
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Title: Clive Anderson All Talk
Character: Self
Released: October 6, 1996
Type: TV
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The Universal Story
Title: The Universal Story
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: April 21, 1996
Type: Movie
Richard Dreyfuss hosts a celebration of the 80 year history of Universal Studios. Founded as IMP by Carl Leammle to oppose Edison's Motion Picture Tust, it soon grew under the leadership of 21 year old production head Irving Thalberg with classic silents from artists like John Ford, Erich Von Stroheim, and Lon Chaney and prospered further in the Sound Era under the leadership of Carl Leammle Jr. with such classics as "All Quiet on The Western Front," "Showboat," and the studio's signature monster franchises, "Frankenstein" and "Dracula."
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The Lies Boys Tell
Title: The Lies Boys Tell
Character: Ed Reese
Released: December 18, 1994
Type: Movie
Ed Reece, an old travelling salesman, decides to end his days in the place in which he was born. Therefore he convinces his elder son to acompany him on his last long voyage of farewell.
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Title: Touched by an Angel
Character: Ross Berger
Released: September 21, 1994
Type: TV
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
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Greedy
Title: Greedy
Character: Uncle Joe McTeague
Released: March 4, 1994
Type: Movie
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
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A Century of Cinema
Title: A Century of Cinema
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A look back at the first 100 years of the movies.
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Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 1993
Type: TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. The second incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of Late Night, moved to CBS to host Late Show opposite The Tonight Show. In 2004, as part of a deal to secure a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would leave Late Night in 2009 to succeed Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon began hosting his version of Late Night on March 2, 2009.
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The Secret
Title: The Secret
Character: Grandpa Mike Dunmore
Released: April 19, 1992
Type: Movie
Mostly on account of a pride struggle, Mike Dunmore has lived his whole life keeping a secret which he believed would only cause shame if it came to light. Personal relationships with his son Patrick have been strained as a result. The only ones who ever knew anything about it were his deceased wife and his best friend, Thurgood who he works with, who both agreed to help keep it covered up for him as long as they could. However, when his treasured grandson begins experiencing the same problems, Mike realizes that he can't hide his secret any longer, or if he tried to, it would be most difficult. Even more so when he is endorsed and volunteers to run as a candidate for local election.
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Two-Fisted Tales
Title: Two-Fisted Tales
Character: General Calthrop
Released: January 18, 1992
Type: Movie
The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comics of the 1950s: "Showdown," "King of the Road," and "Yellow." This star-studded telefilm was an attempt to launch a second anthology series in the mold of "Tales from the Crypt." When the film failed to generate sufficient interest, the three tales were re-edited and shown as "Crypt" episodes.
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Welcome to Veraz
Title: Welcome to Veraz
Character: Quentin
Released: June 21, 1991
Type: Movie
An old man teaches a young man to live in the forest and to understand the wild world.
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Oscar
Title: Oscar
Character: Eduardo Provolone
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: Movie
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.
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Movie Tough Guys
Title: Movie Tough Guys
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
This compilation of film highlights features many of the biggest box office tough guys of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s—Bogart, Brando, Cagney and more!
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Title: Star Life
Character: Self
Released: August 4, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: The Simpsons
Character: Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
Released: December 17, 1989
Type: TV
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Gen. Kalthrob
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Inherit the Wind
Title: Inherit the Wind
Character: Matthew Harrison Brady
Released: March 20, 1988
Type: Movie
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
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Queenie
Title: Queenie
Character: David Konig
Released: May 10, 1987
Type: Movie
Queenie was an ABC miniseries, adapted from the eponymous novel by Michael Korda, which is based loosely on the life of his aunt, actress Merle Oberon. A half-caste beauty emigrates from India to Great Britain, pursues fame and fortune at the cost of personal happiness, and becomes a Hollywood movie star while suppressing the truth of her heritage.
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Title: Queenie
Character: David Konig
Released: May 10, 1987
Type: TV
A half-caste beauty emigrates from India to Great Britain, pursues fame and fortune at the cost of personal happiness, and becomes a Hollywood movie star while suppressing the truth of her heritage.
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Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Title: Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Character: Self
Released: November 22, 1986
Type: Movie
TYSON WINS W.B.C. CHAMPIONSHIP LAS VEGAS, Nev., Nov. 22— Mike Tyson made history tonight. The 20-year-old slugger from Catskill, N.Y., became the youngest heavyweight champion ever when he stopped Trevor Berbick at 2:35 of the second round of a scheduled 12-round bout. In taking away Berbick's World Boxing Council crown, Tyson knocked Berbick down twice, both times in the second round, pounding him so hard that he had Berbick reeling across the ring at the end in a nearly comic loop-de-loop.
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Tough Guys
Title: Tough Guys
Character: Archie Long
Released: October 3, 1986
Type: Movie
Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of freedom. and soon realize that they still have the pizzazz when, picking up their prison checks at a bank, they foil a robbery attempt.
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Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Title: Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 1986
Type: Movie
Celebrities are interviewed about the social and working lives of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney Tunes.
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Amos
Title: Amos
Character: Amos Lasher
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: Movie
Amos Lasher loses his wife and home in an accident, finding himself in the care of the state, or specifically speaking, the Sunset Nursing Home. Here he finds the head nurse, Daisy Daws, ruling the cowed patients with an iron hand, but as his determination to get out of Sunset grows, the more sinister his situation becomes.
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Title: Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilarious collection of movie and TV bloopers.
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Draw!
Title: Draw!
Character: Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
Released: June 15, 1984
Type: Movie
In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
Title: James Bond: The First 21 Years
Character: Self
Released: May 27, 1983
Type: Movie
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.
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Eddie Macon's Run
Title: Eddie Macon's Run
Character: Carl 'Buster' Marzack
Released: March 23, 1983
Type: Movie
Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. Relentlessly pursued by ruthless truant officer, Carl Marzack, who feels he must prove he can still 'get his man' by returning Macon to jail at any cost.
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Remembrance Of Love
Title: Remembrance Of Love
Character: Joe Rabin
Released: December 6, 1982
Type: Movie
Joe Rabin is a Holocaust survivor. After the war he went to America, married someone and had a family. Today, he is on his way to Israel for a reunion of Holocaust survivors. It seems that he has another reason for going. It seems like during the war, he had a girlfriend and they were separated and she was pregnant. He has never found out what happened to her, or their baby, he hopes to find out now.
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Title: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Character: (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
Released: May 21, 1982
Type: Movie
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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The Man from Snowy River
Title: The Man from Snowy River
Character: Harrison / Spur
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: Movie
Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the lowlands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet.
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Let Poland Be Poland
Title: Let Poland Be Poland
Character: Self
Released: January 31, 1982
Type: Movie
Broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 31, 1982, this special produced by the US International Communication Agency protesting the then recent imposition of martial law in Poland. Hosted by Charlton Heston, Max von Sydow, and Glenda Jackson, the program features multiple celebrity appearances, speeches by 21 world leaders, and several contributions Polish artists and intellectuals.
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Home Movies
Title: Home Movies
Character: Dr. Tuttle
Released: May 16, 1980
Type: Movie
A cult guru urges a shy disciple to make life a movie and be its star.
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Saturn 3
Title: Saturn 3
Character: Major Adam
Released: February 15, 1980
Type: Movie
In the future, Earth is overcrowded and the population relies on distant bases to be fed. In the Saturn 3 station, Major Adam and the scientist Alex, who is also his lover and has never been on Earth, have been researching hydroponics for three years in the base alone with their dog Sally. Captain Benson arrives Saturn 3 with Hector, incapable to controlling his emotions he transfers his homicidal tendency and insanity to Hector. Now Major Adam and Alex are trapped in the station with a dangerous psychopath robot.
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The Final Countdown
Title: The Final Countdown
Character: Capt. Matthew Yelland
Released: January 31, 1980
Type: Movie
During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Title: Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Character: Self
Released: January 31, 1980
Type: TV
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The Villain
Title: The Villain
Character: Cactus Jack
Released: July 26, 1979
Type: Movie
Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Simpson wants the money and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming. However, Cactus Jack is not very good at robbing people.
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Title: The Kennedy Center Honors
Character: Self
Released: December 28, 1978
Type: TV
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.
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The Fury
Title: The Fury
Character: Peter Sandza
Released: March 10, 1978
Type: Movie
When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his psychic abilities, Robin is being held by Ben Childress, who is studying people with supernatural powers in hopes of developing their talents as weapons. Soon Peter pairs up with Gillian, a teen who has telekinesis, to find and rescue Robin.
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Holocaust 2000
Title: Holocaust 2000
Character: Robert Caine
Released: November 25, 1977
Type: Movie
An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.
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Victory at Entebbe
Title: Victory at Entebbe
Character: Herschel Vilnofsky
Released: December 13, 1976
Type: Movie
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
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Title: Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Character: Alex Vandervoort
Released: December 4, 1976
Type: TV
Two ambitious vice presidents become rivals when an imminent board room vacancy arises.
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Once Is Not Enough
Title: Once Is Not Enough
Character: Mike Wayne
Released: June 20, 1975
Type: Movie
An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to please his spoiled daughter who then, in an attempt to spite him, seduces both a wealthy playboy and a local screenwriter.
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Posse
Title: Posse
Character: Howard Nightingale
Released: June 4, 1975
Type: Movie
A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious train robber and his gang.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Apostrophes
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1975
Type: TV
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
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Title: Spécial cinéma
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: Der große Preis
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: TV
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Mousey
Title: Mousey
Character: George Anderson
Released: May 24, 1974
Type: Movie
A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.
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Scalawag
Title: Scalawag
Character: Peg
Released: April 22, 1973
Type: Movie
A crew of land locked pirates, led by the aptly named Peg, go in search of buried treasure hidden by the treacherous Mudhook and his twin brother. They meet up with good natured landowner, Don Aragon, who goes along for the ride with his sister and a young boy, Jamie. Along the way, Peg and Jamie form a father son relationship that is put to the test due to Peg's naturally dishonest ways.
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Title: The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character: Self
Released: April 2, 1973
Type: TV
In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent has fundamentally advanced the film art; whose accomplishments have been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character: Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Released: March 7, 1973
Type: Movie
Musical version of the story in which Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
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The Master Touch
Title: The Master Touch
Character: Steve Wallace
Released: December 8, 1972
Type: Movie
A master thief, just out of prison, concocts a risky final score that would net him over a million dollars.
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The Special London Bridge Special
Title: The Special London Bridge Special
Character: The Indian Fighter
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
In 1972, the Arizona State Park bought the London Bridge. Tom Jones (as himself) is magically transported to the bridge's new location where he, befuddled, sings with other celebrities, has adventures and gets kidnapped by “the villain”.
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Catch Me a Spy
Title: Catch Me a Spy
Character: Andrej
Released: September 6, 1971
Type: Movie
While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture and trade in exchange for her husband, but she develops an attraction to the one she thinks is a good candidate.
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A Gunfight
Title: A Gunfight
Character: Will Tenneray
Released: August 25, 1971
Type: Movie
Will Tenneray and Abe Cross are two aging, famous gunfighters, both in need of money. Tenneray comes up with the idea to stage a duel to the death in a bullfight arena, with the ticket proceeds going to the winner.
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The Light at the Edge of the World
Title: The Light at the Edge of the World
Character: Will Denton
Released: July 16, 1971
Type: Movie
Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates slaughter soon complicates the situation.
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Title: V.I.P. Schaukel
Character: Self
Released: May 9, 1971
Type: TV
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There Was a Crooked Man...
Title: There Was a Crooked Man...
Character: Paris Pitman, Jr.
Released: September 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among his fellow convicts — especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pitman. Each man will have the tables turned on him.
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The Arrangement
Title: The Arrangement
Character: Eddie Anderson
Released: November 18, 1969
Type: Movie
An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.
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Title: The Johnny Cash Show
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 1969
Type: TV
The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970. Cash opened each show, and its regulars included members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash and the Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and The Tennessee Three, with Australian-born musical director-arranger-conductor Bill Walker. The Statler Brothers performed brief comic interludes. It featured many folk-country musicians, such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor and Tammy Wynette. It also featured other musicians such as jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months after appearing on the show.
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The Brotherhood
Title: The Brotherhood
Character: Frank Ginetta
Released: December 1, 1968
Type: Movie
The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his older brother dictate otherwise, and he finds himself being slowly drawn back into that world.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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A Lovely Way to Die
Title: A Lovely Way to Die
Character: Jameson Schuyler
Released: April 19, 1968
Type: Movie
A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name... and get over her husband.
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Rowan & Martin At the Movies
Title: Rowan & Martin At the Movies
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out that trumpet player Herb Alpert is the only other performer listed in the credits who is actually there in person. The others appear in clips, some from their own U.S. Savings Bonds spots, others from unidentified movie or TV appearances. Singer Barbara McNair is shown entertaining U.S. troops in Viet Nam, and the youth group The Young Americans also sings.
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Title: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 1967
Type: TV
An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
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The War Wagon
Title: The War Wagon
Character: Lomax
Released: May 26, 1967
Type: Movie
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
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The Way West
Title: The Way West
Character: Sen. William J. Tadlock
Released: May 24, 1967
Type: Movie
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who doesn't quite appreciate Tadlock's ways. Along the way, the families must face death and heartbreak and a sampling of frontier justice when one of them accidentally kills a young Indian boy.
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Kirk Douglas
Title: Kirk Douglas
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1966
Type: Movie
The 1966 visit of Hollywood movie star Kirk Douglas at the legendary Polish State Film School in Lódz.
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Is Paris Burning?
Title: Is Paris Burning?
Character: General Patton
Released: October 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
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Cast a Giant Shadow
Title: Cast a Giant Shadow
Character: Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
Released: March 30, 1966
Type: Movie
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.
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Title: Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1966
Type: TV
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The Heroes of Telemark
Title: The Heroes of Telemark
Character: Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Released: November 12, 1965
Type: Movie
Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.
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In Harm's Way
Title: In Harm's Way
Character: Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
Released: April 6, 1965
Type: Movie
A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
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Seven Days in May
Title: Seven Days in May
Character: Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
Released: February 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
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For Love or Money
Title: For Love or Money
Character: Deke Gentry
Released: August 7, 1963
Type: Movie
Wealthy Chloe Brasher has three beautiful daughters; Bonnie, Kate, and Jan. Chloe pays attorney Deke Gentry to fix them up with three suitable husbands.
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The List of Adrian Messenger
Title: The List of Adrian Messenger
Character: George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
Released: May 23, 1963
Type: Movie
Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.
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The Hook
Title: The Hook
Character: Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
Released: February 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Three soldiers in Korea go through inner torment when they're ordered to execute an enemy soldier.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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Title: The Lucy Show
Character: Kirk Douglas
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
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Two Weeks in Another Town
Title: Two Weeks in Another Town
Character: Jack Andrus
Released: August 17, 1962
Type: Movie
After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and professional redemption.
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Lonely Are the Brave
Title: Lonely Are the Brave
Character: John W. "Jack" Burns
Released: May 24, 1962
Type: Movie
A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
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Town Without Pity
Title: Town Without Pity
Character: Major Garrett
Released: October 10, 1961
Type: Movie
Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Grant.
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The Last Sunset
Title: The Last Sunset
Character: Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
Released: June 8, 1961
Type: Movie
Brendan O'Malley arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge to find her married to a drunkard getting ready for a cattle drive to Texas. Hot on O'Malley's heels is lawman Dana Stribling who has a personal reason for getting him back into his jurisdiction. Both men join Breckenridge and his wife on the drive. As they near Texas tensions mount, not least because Stribling is starting to court Belle, and O'Malley is increasingly drawn by her daughter Missy.
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Spartacus
Title: Spartacus
Character: Spartacus
Released: October 13, 1960
Type: Movie
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
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Strangers When We Meet
Title: Strangers When We Meet
Character: Larry Coe
Released: June 29, 1960
Type: Movie
A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
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The Devil's Disciple
Title: The Devil's Disciple
Character: Richard Dudgeon
Released: August 20, 1959
Type: Movie
In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and continues to masquerade as the reverend.
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Last Train from Gun Hill
Title: Last Train from Gun Hill
Character: Marshal Matt Morgan
Released: July 29, 1959
Type: Movie
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.
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The Vikings
Title: The Vikings
Character: Einar
Released: June 11, 1958
Type: Movie
Einar, brutal son of Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with Eric, a wily slave, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
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Paths of Glory
Title: Paths of Glory
Character: Col. Dax
Released: October 25, 1957
Type: Movie
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
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Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Title: Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Character: Himself
Released: September 17, 1957
Type: Movie
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Title: Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character: Self
Released: July 29, 1957
Type: TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Title: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Character: Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Released: May 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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Top Secret Affair
Title: Top Secret Affair
Character: Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
Released: January 30, 1957
Type: Movie
A publisher uses her magazine and charm to derail a general on the Washington fast track.
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Lust for Life
Title: Lust for Life
Character: Vincent van Gogh
Released: September 15, 1956
Type: Movie
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.
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Title: The Steve Allen Show
Character: Self - Recipient
Released: June 24, 1956
Type: TV
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Title: The Steve Allen Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 24, 1956
Type: TV
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Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Title: Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Character: Self
Released: April 3, 1956
Type: Movie
Walt answers the often-asked question of just where the stories for his studio's cartoons come from, which is from practically anywhere.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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The Indian Fighter
Title: The Indian Fighter
Character: Johnny Hawks
Released: December 21, 1955
Type: Movie
A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.
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Man Without a Star
Title: Man Without a Star
Character: Dempsey Rae
Released: March 24, 1955
Type: Movie
A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.
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The Racers
Title: The Racers
Character: Gino Borgesa
Released: February 4, 1955
Type: Movie
An Italian daredevil turns Grand Prix driver and works his way up to Le Mans with his ballerina lover.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Character: Ned Land
Released: December 23, 1954
Type: Movie
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
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Operation Undersea
Title: Operation Undersea
Character: Self
Released: December 8, 1954
Type: Movie
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The Disneyland Story
Title: The Disneyland Story
Released: October 27, 1954
Type: Movie
Walt Disney presents a preview for both his upcoming park called Disneyland and several episodes of the show to come. Then the show focuses primarily on the career of Mickey Mouse.
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Ulysses
Title: Ulysses
Character: Ulysses
Released: October 6, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
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Title: The George Gobel Show
Character: Self
Released: October 2, 1954
Type: TV
The George Gobel Show is an American television series hosted George Gobel that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1960.
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Act of Love
Title: Act of Love
Character: Robert Teller
Released: December 17, 1953
Type: Movie
An American soldier romances a beautiful Parisian during the final days of World War II.
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The Juggler
Title: The Juggler
Character: Hans Muller
Released: May 11, 1953
Type: Movie
A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.
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The Story of Three Loves
Title: The Story of Three Loves
Character: Pierre Narval
Released: March 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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The Bad and the Beautiful
Title: The Bad and the Beautiful
Character: Jonathan Shields
Released: December 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
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Title: This Is Your Life
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: TV
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.
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The Big Sky
Title: The Big Sky
Character: Jim Deakins
Released: August 19, 1952
Type: Movie
Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to contend with.
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The Big Trees
Title: The Big Trees
Character: Jim Fallon
Released: February 5, 1952
Type: Movie
In 1900, unscrupulous timber baron Jim Fallon plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions off California redwood. Much of the land he hopes to grab has been homesteaded by a Quaker colony, who try to persuade him to spare the giant sequoias...but these are the very trees he wants most. Expert at manipulating others, Fallon finds that other sharks are at his own heels, and forms an unlikely alliance.
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Detective Story
Title: Detective Story
Character: Det. James McLeod
Released: November 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
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Ace in the Hole
Title: Ace in the Hole
Character: Chuck Tatum
Released: June 29, 1951
Type: Movie
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
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Along the Great Divide
Title: Along the Great Divide
Character: Marshal Len Merrick
Released: June 2, 1951
Type: Movie
US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Roden, whose son Ed was killed, still wants personal revenge, and Tim would like to escape before Ned catches up with him again. Can the marshal make it across the desert with Tim and his daughter? Even if he makes it, will justice be served?
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The Glass Menagerie
Title: The Glass Menagerie
Character: Jim O'Connor
Released: September 28, 1950
Type: Movie
An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her dreams of what life should be.
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Title: The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character: Ulysses (archive footage)
Released: September 10, 1950
Type: TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
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Title: The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1950
Type: TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
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Young Man with a Horn
Title: Young Man with a Horn
Character: Rick Martin
Released: March 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard teaches young Rick Martin everything he knows about playing, so Rick becomes a star musician, but a troubled marriage and the desire to play pure jazz instead of commercial swing songs cause him problems.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Champion
Title: Champion
Character: Midge Kelly
Released: April 9, 1949
Type: Movie
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
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A Letter to Three Wives
Title: A Letter to Three Wives
Character: George Phipps
Released: January 20, 1949
Type: Movie
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
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The Walls of Jericho
Title: The Walls of Jericho
Character: Tucker Wedge
Released: November 22, 1948
Type: Movie
In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman.
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My Dear Secretary
Title: My Dear Secretary
Character: Owen Waterbury
Released: November 5, 1948
Type: Movie
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract, of course, but not without sub-plots that touch on competitiveness within marriage and responsibility.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self - Guest Host
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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I Walk Alone
Title: I Walk Alone
Character: Noll "Dink" Turner
Released: December 31, 1947
Type: Movie
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
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Out of the Past
Title: Out of the Past
Character: Whit Sterling
Released: November 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
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Mourning Becomes Electra
Title: Mourning Becomes Electra
Character: Peter Niles
Released: November 19, 1947
Type: Movie
Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile Ezra’s conniving wife Christine and daughter Lavinia vie for the love of a handsome captain with a dark secret while well-meaning neighbor Peter sets his sights on Lavinia.
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Title: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Character: Walter O'Neil
Released: August 19, 1946
Type: Movie
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.